Seeking an edge in the crowded GOP field, Carly Fiorina seizes on gender controversies
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Welcome to Trail Guide, your daily tour along the road to the White House. Here's what we're watching on Sunday, Aug. 9:
- Republicans rebuke Donald Trump for his "blood coming out of her wherever" comment about Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly . The Times' Michael Memoli was in Atlanta on Saturday for a conservative gathering that shunned Trump.
- Trump appeared on severa l Sunday political talk shows.
- Bernie Sanders was interrupted - again - by Black Lives Matter demonstrators during a rally. Read a recent piece by The Times' Evan Halper and Kurtis Lee about the movement and how it's factored into the 2016 campaign.
- Sen. Marco Rubio was a guest on NBC's "Meet the Press."
- Carly Fiorina , the lone woman in the GOP presidential field, is wading into gender politics.
Seeking an edge in the crowded GOP field, Carly Fiorina seizes on gender controversies
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina speaks at the RedState Gathering on Friday in Atlanta.
Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina bristles at the suggestion that she gets any special treatment as the sole woman among the 17 Republicans running for president. But at the same time, as she seeks to shore up support in the polls, she has made a point of vocally wading into GOP gender controversies.
Fiorina was among the first candidates to criticize Donald Trump over his attacks against Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly after their testy exchanges in last week's debate. It was the second time in recent days that Fiorina, whose poor polling numbers left her out of the prime-time debate, has seized upon a gender-based controversy as she tries to raise her profile.
Read more of this report from The Times' Seema Mehta.
Compare the Republicans and Democrats running for president
This combo made from file photos shows the 2016 Republican presidential candidates who have officially declared their candidacy as of Sunday, July 12, 2015. Top row, from left, Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. Bottom row, from left, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, former New York Gov. George Pataki, Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, and real estate mogul Donald Trump. (AP Photo)
Rubio doesn't want campaign 'consumed' by Trump
Sound bite Sunday: Donald Trump talks Megyn Kelly
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Donald Trump made the rounds Sunday, appearing on several political talk shows where he discussed fallout over his comments about Fox News journalist Megyn Kelly.
After Kelly asked pointed questions during Thursday's debate about the billionaire's past rhetoric toward women, Trump criticized her as unfairly targeting him.
"She gets out and she starts asking me all sorts of ridiculous questions," Trump said. "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever. In my opinion, she was off base."
Those comments about "blood coming out of her wherever" have drawn intense scorn from Republicans and Democrats alike.
Trump addressed the criticism on Sunday and did not offer any apologies.
GOP offers pushback against Trump for comments about Megyn Kelly
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump fields a question during the debate held Thursday in Cleveland. His comments about moderator Megyn Kelly, right, have caused controversy.
For weeks, many Republicans have grudgingly tolerated Donald Trump as he steamrolled through the early stages of the presidential race. Others, including some of his rivals for the nomination, publicly said they welcomed his no-holds-barred approach to a political system they felt needed a jolt.
But since Thursday night's prime-time debate, Trump's hostile reaction to challenging questions about his treatment of women appears to have increased the number of voices within the Republican Party who would like him to abandon his presidential run.
A prominent conservative and other candidates seeking the GOP nomination piled on Saturday, calling for Trump, the front-runner in a 17-candidate field, to disavow his attacks on popular Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly.
Read more of Michael A. Memoli's report from Atlanta where conservatives congregated for the RedState Gathering.
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